Noorat

17.6% of Noorat's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

90 family households lived in Noorat; 37.8% were couple families and 13.3% were one-parent families.

32.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Noorat had 318 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Noorat.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

47.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

35.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.2% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Noorat had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 24.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 41.3%, while 19.0% had four or more usual residents.

10.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

68.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

3.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 25.4% of the total.

79.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.7% reported a different address.

3.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

94.0% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

3.5% of Noorat's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.6% of ancestry responses in Noorat.

Australian ancestry made up 39.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

14.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 29.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 11.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

36.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

56.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 9.1% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.5%.

Median household income was $1,660 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 10.8% in Noorat, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 47.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 16.2% in Noorat, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..